EM balls are sold Bt15

	Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Pariabatra and his team inspect the damage done to the big-bag flood-wall in Don Mueang district Monday. Sukhumbhand assigned Deputy Bangkok City Clerk Sompop Rangabtuk to talk to Don Mueang residents in the hope that they won't tamper with the key barrier again.

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Pariabatra and his team inspect the damage done to the big-bag flood-wall in Don Mueang district Monday. Sukhumbhand assigned Deputy Bangkok City Clerk Sompop Rangabtuk to talk to Don Mueang residents in the hope that they won't tamper with the key barrier again.

EM balls are sold Bt15 a piece at stalls in Chaeng Wattana area in northern Bangkok, where flood water is receding but remains polluted.

Bangkok Airways' daily operations from and to Suvarnabhumi Airport is running per normal schedule.

Don Muang Airport

Don Muang residents climb scaffolding stairs to get to the Don Muang Tollway, which is the only transport route still functioning to the north of Bangkok.

An aerial view shows the ‘‘big bag’’ barrier put up across Vibhavadi Rangsit Road and Don Mueang airport. Residents say the bags are prolonging the floods in their areas.

These Buddha statues have been left in floodwater for several weeks at Wat Chan in Bang Kruai district of Nonthaburi.

Don Muang residents tear apart and remove big sand bags forming a barrier across Vibhavadi Rangsit Road near Don Mueang airport yesterday. The residents said making a gap in the sandbag wall will help drain away floodwater which is above 1 meter in some areas inside the barrier.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra meets a crowd of people during a tour of flood-ravaged areas around Phetkasem yesterday.

Residents return to inspect their houses in Phetkasem Soi 48 after spending many days at an emergency shelter.

Rubbish is dumped inside a telephone booth in Phetkasem Soi 48 after the garbage collection service was suspended in Phasi Charoen district.

Mechanics take out parts of a car and lay them out to dry on the Don Muang Tollway after the vehicle was submerged in floodwater.

Bangkok Flooding

Floodwater has arrived at the Lat Phrao intersection, inundating Vibhavadi Rangsit Road in front of the Energy Building complex that houses the Flood Relief Operations Centre (Froc). The government insists it will not move Froc HQ to a flood-free province. 

The 6km long Big Bag barrier on Rangsit Muang Ek Road is expected to be completed today. Transport Minister Sukampol Suwannathat says the project will help slow floodwater to Don Muang, Lak Si and Bang Khen districts. 

This housing estate has become overgrown with water hyacinths, while uncollected rubbish also poses a serious problem in flooded areas. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has ordered 60 modified garbage trucks and boats to collect floating waste for 24 hours a day over the next three days

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered residents of the Chatuchak sub-districts of Lat Yao, Sena Nikhom, Chatuchak and Chankasem to evacuate, due to rising floodwater. It also issued a warning for people in Nong Khaem sub-district to prepare for possible flooding. 

Bangkok's subway system is still operating, even though floodwater has reached Ratchadapisek Road in front of Phahon Yothin, Lat Phrao, and Ratchadapisek stations. The MRT has installed flood barriers and closed some entrances in risk zones.

Airports of Thailand (AoT) is certain that 3.5m flood walls will prevent Suvarnabhumi airport from flooding. AoT is keeping a close watch on the barrier in case local residents try to destroy it to reduce the water level in their communities. 

Tourism officials have suggested that flood hit Bangkokians seeking accommodation outside the capital should try homestays, mainly in six eastern provinces, as a cheaper alternative to hotels. 

Pheu Thai MPs will suggest that the government postpone its populist policies and allocate the budget for flood restoration instead. 

Lat Krabang industrial estate is surrounded by floodwater. The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand says the estate has strengthened its flood barrier up to 2.5m. 

Police have closed 47 roads to traffic because of the flooding in Bangkok, while 556 commercial bank branches in the city have also been closed.

Flood Waters Converge on Downtown Bangkok

Men pull eggs in a small boat through the floodwater at the closed Don Muang airport in Bangkok. 

Thai residents wait for a ride at a bus stop along flooded streets in Bangkok. 

A Thai man carries his belongings along flooded streets in Bangkok. 

Thai residents cross a flooded street in Bangkok. 

Thai residents ride a TukTuk, a local three-wheeled motorcycle taxi, along flooded streets in Bangkok. 

Thais help a man whose motorcycle stopped while driving along flooded streets in Bangkok. 

People make their way by boats on a flooded highway outside Don Muaeng airport in Bangkok. 

Thai residents are transported in a truck through a flooded street in Bangkok. 

A boy sit in floodwater next to garbage bins at Salaya district in Bangkok Thursday. 

A man swims with an inflatable raft behind a fence near a plane sitting on the flooded tarmac of the closed Don Muang airport in Bangkok.